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Fedora 34: FEDORA-2021-f59bda7d94 moderate: Lynx HTTP Auth Issue

- fix disclosure of HTTP auth credentials via SNI data (CVE-2021-38165). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-f59bda7d94 2021-09-08 15:05:54.167624 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : lynx Product : Fedora 34 Version : 2.8.9 Release : 13.fc34 URL : http://lynx.browser.org/ Summary : A text-based Web browser Description : Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images, but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and exits quickly and swiftly displays web pages. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: - fix disclosure of HTTP auth credentials via SNI data (CVE-2021-38165) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Tue Aug 31 2021 Kamil Dudka - 2.8.9-13 - fix disclosure of HTTP auth credentials via SNI data (CVE-2021-38165) * Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.8.9-12 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1994998 - CVE-2021-38165 lynx: Disclosure of HTTP authentication credentials via SNI data https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1994998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-f59bda7d94' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure . Resolution for leakage of HTTP auth credentials in Lynx on Fedora caused by SNI exposure.. HTTP Auth Credentials, Lynx Security Fix, Fedora Updates, SNI Data Issue. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 08, 2021 •Important Fedora